Amanda Winn-Lee is an American semi-retired voice actress, ADR director and script writer who works mainly on

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

dubs. She was the voice of Mimiru in '' .hack//SIGN'', Rally Vincent in ''

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'', Yohko Mano in ''

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'', Momiji Kushinada in ''

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'' and was featured most notably as

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of ''

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'' fame. Aside from voice work she quite often handles production, ADR direction and the scripting of various projects for her dubbing company Gaijin Productions, LLC. She has also been credited as Amanda Winn, before she was married.

Career

She can be heard in the commentary for the Region 1 ''

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'' DVD along with fellow voice actors

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and husband/Gaijin co-owner

Jaxon Lee Jason Christopher Lee (born September 7, 1968, in San Antonio, Texas) is an American voice actor and video editor who co-founded the dubbing studio Gaijin Productions with his wife Amanda Winn-Lee. He uses the stage name Jaxon Lee per Screen Act ...

. Expanding on her anime work, Winn-Lee also provided the voice of Konoko, the protagonist of the

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video game

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. Winn-Lee served as ADR director, script writer and producer for the English versions of ''

'' and '' Evangelion: Death and Rebirth''. She also directed and performed leading roles in the English versions of ''

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'' and the '' Read or Die OVA''. She had been working with

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for years before she moved out to create Gaijin Productions. It was suggested by

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(her friend as well as fellow voice actor) at Nan Desu Kan 2007 that she was interested in reprising her role(s) in the upcoming ''

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'' films. However, in May 2009, North American anime distributor

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announced that the role of Rei for the first film '' Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone'' would be voiced by

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, who is under contract to voice Rei Ayanami for the three remaining Evangelion "Rebuild" films. However, Winn-Lee returned to voice Rei for the 2021 Amazon release of the entire ''Rebuild'' series, including the new '' Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time''.

Personal life

Amanda and Jason Lee's son, Nicholas "

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" Lee, was born in November 2004. Her son was soon discovered to have infant

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, requiring extensive treatment before he was one year old. Amanda and Jason were not involved in any new projects for several years, because they were caring for their son. However, by November 2008, Nicholas has been cancer-free for three years, which is the benchmark for doctors that his odds of cancer recurrence are virtually non-existent. She wrote a book about these experiences in a memoir called ''The Noodle Chronicles: Everything I know About Cheating Death I Learned From My Kid'', which was released as an e-book.

Dubbing roles

Anime dubbing

* '' .hack//Intermezzo'' – Mimiru * '' .hack//SIGN'' – Mimiru * '' .hack//Legend of the Twilight'' – Magi * '' .hack//Unison'' – Mimiru * ''

Battle Angel ''Gunnm '' ( ja, 銃夢, Ganmu, ), also known as ''Battle Angel Alita'' in English, is a Japanese cyberpunk manga series created by Yukito Kishiro and originally published in Shueisha's ''Business Jump'' magazine from 1990 to 1995. The s ...

'' – Gally / Alita (ADV Films dub) * ''

'' – Momiji Fujimiya, Kaede Kunikida * ''

Burn Up! ''Burn Up!'' is a 1991 Japanese anime original video animation. It concerns a special group of police officers called Team Warrior who are often given special assignments in the police department. In North America, AnimEigo first released ...

'' – Reimi (debut role) * ''

Burn Up W ''Burn-Up W'' is a 1996 anime OVA directed by Hiroshi Negishi. It was soon followed by a series version called ''Burn-Up Excess'', though it occasionally lacks continuity with the series. The OVA consists of four episodes, chronicling Team ...

'', ''

Burn Up Excess ''Burn-Up Excess'' is a Japanese anime television series directed by Shinichiro Kimura and animated by Magic Bus. It aired from 1997 to 1998 for a total of 13 episodes. Four volumes were released on VHS and DVD in North America by ADV Film ...

'' – Rio Kinezone * ''

'' – Pandy * ''

'' – Yohko Mano, Ayako Mano * ''

Dragon Half is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryūsuke Mita. The manga was serialized in Fujimi Shobo‘s ''Dragon Magazine'' from January 30, 1988 to April 30, 1994 and the chapters collected into 7 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adap ...

'' – Princess Vina * ''

Ellcia , is a Japanese animation studio founded in January 1986 by Tomoyuki Miyata, who previously worked at Tatsunoko Production. The studio's first release was ''Yōtōden'' in 1987. They have produced several well-known anime series, such as '' Food ...

'' – Crystel * '' F3'' – Hiroe Ogawa (Soft Cel dub, credited as Helen Bed) * ''

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'' – Elis * ''

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'' – Mika Seido * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' – Kurutan * '' Golden Boy'' – Girl A, producer * ''

'' – Rally Vincent * '' Marchen Awakens Romance'' – Gido * ''

'' –

, Pen Pen,

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(movies only) * '' Persona 4: The Animation'' –

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* '' Persona 5: The Animation'' - Ichiko Ohya * ''

Plastic Little is a Japanese original video animation film and a manga series created by Satoshi Urushihara. It was released in North America on VHS by ADV Films in July 1994. It was released on DVD in February 2002. Along with '' Burn-Up Excess'' and ''A ...

'' – Titaniva Mu Koshigaya * ''

Read or Die is a Japanese light novel series written by Hideyuki Kurata, published under Shueisha's ''Super Dash Bunko'' imprint. ''Read or Die'' follows Yomiko Readman, codename "The Paper", an agent for the (fictional) Special Operations Division o ...

'' (OVA) – Nancy "Miss Deep" Makuhari * ''

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'' – Flight Attendant * '' Sukeban Deka'' – Saki Asamiya * ''Super Atragon'' – Annette

Video game credits

* '' .hack//Quarantine'' – Mimiru * '' .hack//Outbreak'' – Mimiru * '' BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle'' – Yukiko Amagi * '' Bravely Second: End Layer'' – Magnolia Arch * ''

Heavy Gear II ''Heavy Gear II'' is a mecha based first-person shooter video game. Set in Dream Pod 9's Heavy Gear universe, the game was developed and published by Activision in 1999 for Microsoft Windows; it was ported to Linux in 2000 by Loki Software. It ...

'' – Pinter, O'Neill * ''

'' – Konoko * ''

Persona A persona (plural personae or personas), depending on the context, is the public image of one's personality, the social role that one adopts, or simply a fictional Character (arts), character. The word derives from Latin, where it originally ref ...

'' series – Yukiko Amagi, Ichiko Ohya * '' Revolution 60'' – Crimson 09 * '' Saints Row: The Third'' – Additional Voices * ''

Silent Hill HD Collection ''Silent Hill HD Collection'' is a 2012 video game compilation of remastered video game ports of '' Silent Hill 2'' and ''Silent Hill 3'' developed by Hijinx Studios for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. ''Silent Hill 2'' centers on widow ...

'' - Heather Mason * ''

Saints Row IV ''Saints Row IV'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by Deep Silver. It is the sequel to 2011's '' Saints Row: The Third'', the fourth installment of the ''Saints Row'' series, and the final main installment i ...

'' – Additional Voices * '' Star Trek: Elite Force II'' – Kleeya * ''

Tail Concerto is an action-adventure platformer developed by CyberConnect and published by Bandai for the PlayStation. It is the first installment in the ''Little Tail Bronx'' series, which takes place in a steampunk fantasy world of floating islands populate ...

'' – Alicia Pris * ''

Trauma Team ''Trauma Team'' is a 2010 simulation video game developed and published by Atlus for the Wii. It is the fifth entry and current final entry in the ''Trauma Center'' series. The narrative of ''Trauma Team'' follows six protagonists who operate in ...

'' – Maria Torres

Production staff

ADR director/voice direction

* '' A Silent Voice'' * ''

'' * ''

'' * '' Ellica'' * ''

'' * '' Evangelion: Death and Rebirth'' * ''

'' * ''

Script adaptation

* '' A Silent Voice'' * ''

'' * ''

'' * '' Ellica'' * ''

'' * '' Evangelion: Death and Rebirth'' * ''

Project ARMS ''Project ARMS'', simply known in Japan as ''ARMS'', is a Japanese manga series written by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and illustrated by Ryoji Minagawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from April 1997 to May 2002, with it ...

'' * ''

References

External links

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Amanda Winn: Meet the voice of AD Vision
news article
Amanda Winn Lee's public Facebook page
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